Liverpool born poet and writer Michael Walsh traces his Liverpool roots back to 1865. This was the year his Irish great-grandmother arrived in the Second City of Empire. His parents were born at the turn of what was to become the most tumultuous century in history. Michael's father, Patrick, fought in three major conflicts before reaching his fortieth birthday. His mother, Kathleen, was a former nun turned gun-running renegade.
On leaving school at 15 years of age, Michael spent 12 weeks at the Merchant Navy School for Sailors in Sharpness, Gloucestershire. During his years at sea, he was to visit and work in over 60 countries.
The journalist and broadcaster since provided articles and columns for numerous magazines and international news media. In 2011 he was awarded Writer of the Year by the publishers of Euro Weekly News, Europe's highest-circulation newspaper of its kind. He has authored, edited and ghosted over 70 book titles.
‘He’s jailed journalists, been responsible for assassinations, he’s cancelled elections, controlled state media, outlawed the use of the dominant Russian language, and persecuted Christians. The American people should not be forced to continue to pay for another foreign war.’
Today, there is a growing fascination for what is now recognised as the zenith of Britain’s 400-year-old merchant marine, the vessels and great shipping companies of the past, and especially of the seafarers and their then way of life.
Yet the opposite is true. Global child trafficking, particularly when it implicates politicians, Press barons, influencers, oligarchs, elite institutions, humanitarian organizations, and religious authorities, remains one of the most underreported, diluted, and actively suppressed issues across both mainstream and alternative media ecosystems.
In Europe, thousands are being convicted for the crime of criticizing their own governments. This Orwellian message won’t fool the United States. Censorship is not freedom.
The austerity package includes a freeze on pensions and social benefits, healthcare spending caps, and the scrapping of two national holidays to increase productivity and reduce government spending.
‘There are few examples in history of a political goal, bringing an adversary to its knees economically and wreaking havoc in a warlike manner, backfiring so completely.
Keeping his nerve, the U-boat commander reloaded his tubes and triggered another salvo. Two torpedoes released were to lethally strike their intended prey. Within 13 minutes, HMS Royal Oak capsized with massive loss of life.
From there, he was moved to Spain, where he enjoyed life in the resort town of Villajoyosa until his body was found riddled with bullets and run over by a car on February 13.
The true number of suicides due to service-related mental health issues is likely to be much higher, with Haaretz reporting at least 12 non-combat veterans whose deaths were not included in the army’s official statistics in recent years.
According to local news, some of the protesters observed moments of silence in remembrance of a 24-year-old Polish woman who died after being stabbed in Torun last month. A 19-year-old Colombian national has been charged with murder.
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